The geo-doc : geomedia, documentary film, and social change / Mark Terry.
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TextSeries: Palgrave studies in media and environmental communicationPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020Description: 214 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783030325077 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Documentary films -- History and criticism | Environmentalism in motion pictures | Social change in motion pictures | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 791.4'36553 Summary: This volume introduces a new form of documentary film: the Geo-Doc, designed to maximise the influential power of the documentary film as an agent of social change. By combining the proven methods and approaches as evidenced through historical, theoretical, digital, and ecocritical investigations with the unique affordances of Geographic Information System technology, a dynamic new documentary form emerges, one tested in the field with the United Nations. This book begins with an overview of the history of the documentary film with attention given to how it evolved as an instrument of social change. It examines theories surrounding mobilising the documentary film as a communication tool between filmmakers and policymakers.
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This volume introduces a new form of documentary film: the Geo-Doc, designed to maximise the influential power of the documentary film as an agent of social change. By combining the proven methods and approaches as evidenced through historical, theoretical, digital, and ecocritical investigations with the unique affordances of Geographic Information System technology, a dynamic new documentary form emerges, one tested in the field with the United Nations. This book begins with an overview of the history of the documentary film with attention given to how it evolved as an instrument of social change. It examines theories surrounding mobilising the documentary film as a communication tool between filmmakers and policymakers.
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